Kip Austin Hinton

I am receiving my master of arts on saturday, may 13. here's my online graduation announcement and party details. i took my written and oral comprehensive exams - and passed. with honors, even. so tired. these last two weeks are perrón.

what did you do monday? here's what i did. when my ancestors got here, all they had to do was get off a boat, and POOF! they got legal status. America became great by being the land of opportunity. not a xenophobic Fatherland. today's laws are unjust. unless you're rich you must wait years before even getting your application read (new slogan: "America, land of opportunity for transnational executives"). Native Americans and immigrants are the most American of us all. if the Sensenbrenner bill passes, my job, teaching English to immigrants, will become a crime. (why do our representatives want to punish immigrants for learning English?) we are all immigrants. About 18,000 protestors march downtown 04/10/2006 07:21 PM CDT Express-News An estimated 18,000 protestors, irate over Congressional proposals addressing the country's illegal immigrant population, took to the streets of downtown San Antonio on Monday afternoon, hoisting Mexican and American flags, while ...

at the premiere party for Iungo magazine ( goiungo.com ) last night. lot of fun, there were music and poetry performances, food and good coffee. it was at the new Ruta Maya on the river downtown. i loaned them my computer for site/video demonstrations. i wrote one article for the first issue, and i'll probably contribute more later. but for the next month, it's thesis, comps, graduation. i was accepted to UCLA's Ph.D. in education .

saturday april 1 is the 14th(?) quasi-annual miss southtown pageant. miss southtown, the only all-gender pageant in texas. i may or may not be a member of the planning committee. i did produce and edit a short video (3 minutes), based on the ourvoir (how you spell that?) of a certain singing cowboy. don't wanna give anything away, think of it as a qualitative analysis of supressed sociocultural issues within mass media. the pageant is at Oscar Alvarado's " Wiggle Room ," on south presa. between the tracks and the HEB. what time? maybe 10pm. sepa la mo. pero be there and be square.

i was asked - last minute - to play at Jump-Start theater on saturday. no problem. i can play guitar and sing with little preparation. i just don't not very often. too many commitments. ni modo. it went well, dressed up like eddy arnold and played country stuff. a minor key variation on "comin' round the mountain." this was my grandpa's favorite song, but i changed lyrics asi: _________________ she'll be drivin' six white hosses when she come. drivin' six white hosses when she come. drivin' six white hosses, menfolk filin' for divorces. she'll be drivin' six white hosses when she come. _________________ yeah we'll all come out t' meet 'er when she come. all come out t' meet 'er when she come. all come out t' meet 'er, lak a whisky-soaked saint peter. yeah we'll all come out t' meet 'er when she come. you get the idea. it was fun. i also did "en tu birthday te diste mi troca," (for your b...

this week i had so much -- finished analysis of my Alamo tour guide ethnography. i had 11300 words of data. that's quite a bit. in a nutshell, the Alamo is struggling between two paradigms: to celebrate the heroism of white people (the old model), or present accurate evidence while promoting inclusion (the new model). they truly used to avoid things like "history." and now, some people are trying to avoid racist (anti-Mexican) language while pronouncing the spanish words correctly. especially with Latino tourists. interesting situation. i'll put my powerpoint up here. also got Ph.D. applications turned in this week. surviving the process should be worth course credit. to three programs so far. they're all interesting, y con clima razonable, but i can't go unless they offer some funding. i need to look at contingencies. i like teaching, i could be happy as a public school teacher-- were it not for the standardized tests. no hay que hacer. es tan facil endura...

just back from a planned, yet unannounced, trip to florida. my parents house, to introduce them to my girlfriend (y vice versa). lots of fun, middle of the swamp palatka crescent beach san augustine (mobile) ocala -- my grandparents' farm. "stancil's pineywoods farm." the road that was a dirt road until a few years ago, named "stancil avenue." cuz it only went to grandpa's sandpit and my cousins' trailer, nothing but stancils. anyway, they're widening it to four lanes, eminent domaining a large chunk. the future se viene. uncle harold had to run fence along the new edge. and the entrance, with a wooden sign my grandpa hung there 60 or 70 years ago. being moved. because too much traffic. they (my mom, her brothers) don't want to sell the farm./ but it makes no money, no money in florida cattle anymore. no money in hay, all the farms do horses now. import special stuff from canada. and the city is coming. every month more. every year the ta...